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<b>Factfulness:</b><b>The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. </b><p>When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.</p><p>In <i>Factfulness</i>, Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing, Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens, and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective. </p><p>It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. </p><p> <b>Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, <i>Factfulness</i> is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world.</b> </p>
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Factfulness, Hans Rosling
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- Pubblicato
- 2018
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- Titolo
- Factfulness
- Sottotitolo
- Wie wir lernen, die Welt so zu sehen, wie sie wirklich ist
- Lingua
- Tedesco
- Autori
- Hans Rosling
- Editore
- Argon Verlag GmbH
- Pubblicato
- 2018
- Formato
- Altro
- ISBN10
- 383981703X
- ISBN13
- 9783839817032
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Commercio, Auto-aiuto, Psicologia, Politica, Scienza, Economia, Salute, Medicina, Società, Teorie del complotto, Democrazia, Sviluppo, Statistica, Giustizia, Pace, Geopolitica, Analisi dei dati, Realtà
- Descrizione
- <b>Factfulness:</b><b>The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. </b><p>When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.</p><p>In <i>Factfulness</i>, Professor of International Health and a man who can make data sing, Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens, and reveals the ten instincts that distort our perspective. </p><p>It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. </p><p> <b>Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, <i>Factfulness</i> is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world.</b> </p>